[Initiating psychiatric care for young, isolated foreigners]

Abstract

The various traumatic events experienced by young isolated foreigners can weaken them psychologically and cause psychiatric decompensation. A qualitative study, carried out by the Maison de Solenn and the Avicenne hospital, aimed to provide better understanding of the conditions for initiating psychiatric care with these adolescents. The different results show that this type of care for these young migrants must be cross-cultural and multi-disciplinary.

Keywords: action research; approche transculturelle; cross-cultural approach; interpretative and phenomenological qualitative research; jeune isolé étranger; psychiatric disorder; recherche qualitative interprétative et phénoménologique; recherche-action; trouble psychiatrique; young isolated foreigner.